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Title:

A Practical Framework for Metro Maintenance Management

Accession Number:

01479252

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Although numerous Maintenance Management Frameworks (MMFs) exist in many industries, a literature review failed to find a practical one developed specifically with urban rail transit systems (metros) in mind. Using evidence and experience from a qualitative survey of senior metro maintenance managers, the Railway and Transport Strategy Centre created a descriptive, practical MMF building upon existing literature and Moubray’s ‘three generations of maintenance’. The framework specifies three broad bandings, which indicate the relative maturity and sophistication of different management practices and associated analytical techniques. Metro managers may use it to map their maintenance maturity relative to a group of technologically developed metros. The framework is linked to case studies providing practical examples of changes made by metros in maintenance practices. Further, it may be used to frame types of expected performance outcomes achievable by moving through the defined stages of maintenance maturity. It also identifies key barriers and enablers to this transition. The paper takes this framework as a basis to analyse the survey results, which highlight that the metro industry has embraced planned preventive techniques, but has yet to fully realize the possibilities of holistic and continuous improvement strategies.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP065 Rail Transit Systems.

Monograph Accession #:

01470560

Report/Paper Numbers:

13-4037

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Parasram, Richard
Steel, Robin
Maxwell, Rory J
Anderson, Richard
Hirsch, Robin C d'A
Melo, Patricia C

Pagination:

25p

Publication Date:

2013

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2013-1-13 to 2013-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Subject Areas:

Maintenance and Preservation; Public Transportation; Railroads; I60: Maintenance

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2013 Paper #13-4037

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Feb 5 2013 12:47PM